2025 World Series of Poker

Three in a Row for Erdman

Travis Erdman is not going down without a fight and dragged three smaller-sized pots in a row to get the stacks nearly back to even.

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Cummings into the Lead

Travis Erdman raised and Aaron Cummings called.

Cummings drew two and Erdman drew three. Cummings bet and Erdman called.

Cummings then stood pat and Erdman drew two. Again, Cummings bet and Erdman called.

Both players stood pat and checked on the end. Cummings tabled 9X8X6X5X3X
and Erdman thumped the table in a rare display of frustration. He revealed 9X8X7X3X2X.

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Lord Pays off Erdman

Travis Erdman opened and Kristan Lord defended his big blind.

Lord drew one and Erdman drew two. Lord bet and Erdman called.

Both players drew one and Lord check-called a bet.

Lord drew one while Erdman stood pat. Lord bet and Erdman raised. Lord took his time before calling.

Erdman tabled 8X5X4X3X2X
and Lord nodded before folding.

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Blind on blind, David Mead raised and called a three-bet from Travis Erdman.

Mead drew two and Erdman drew one. Mead check-called a bet from Erdman.

The draws and action repeated and both players drew one on the final draw.

Mead checked with just 200,000 chips behind. Erdman bet.

"Oh man," said Mead after some time. "I don't think I can call. So gross.

"Trying to think if you could ever be bluffing. That would be insane."

Eventually Mead folded, imploring Erdman to show the bluff, but Erdman slid his cards face down into the muck.

In a blind on blind battle, James Tilton drew two cards on the first draw and Aaron Cummings took three. Tilton bet and Cummings called.

On the second draw, Tilton drew one and Cummings two. Tilton bet and Cummings called again.

Tilton stood pat on the final draw and Cummings drew one. Tilton bet, Cummings called, and Tilton quickly fanned out 7X 6X 5X 3X 2X for a Number Three to win the hand.

Travis Erdman raised and called a three-bet from Kristan Lord. Both players drew one and Lord check-called a bet.

Lord drew one as Erdman stood pat. Again Lord check-called a bet.

Lord drew one and Erdman stood pat. Lord bet out and Erdman called.

Lord tabled 5X 5X 6X 4X 2X for a pair of fives, with Erdman winning with 8X 5X 4X 3X 2X.

Andres Korn raised in the cutoff, Kristan Lord reraised from the small blind, Korn reraised as well and they kept going until Korn's stack of 440,000 was in the middle.

Both players drew one on the first and second draw. Lord stood pat on the final draw and Korn drew one.

Andres Korn: 7♠6♠5♠2♠ All in
Kristan Lord: 10X 5X 4X 3X 2X

Korn had the treys, fours, eights, and nines as outs but lost a few due to having four spades. Brutally enough, the 3♠ came in as the final card, which brought the flush in.

With that, the Argentinian's roller coaster of the last hour finally came to an end in 6th place.

Andres Korn: Busted

Travis Erdman raised on the button, Andres Korn three-bet from the big blind and Erdman called. Korn stood pat right off the bat and Erdman drew two. Korn bet and Erdman called.

On the second draw, Erdman drew one again and called another bet from Korn. He drew once more on the final draw and Korn checked. Erdman bet and Korn called, but couldn't beat the 8X 6X 5X 3X 2X he was shown.

Andres Korn: 250,000

Nathan Gamble raised from under the gun, Kristan Lord three-bet on the button and Gamble called. Gamble drew two on the first draw while Lord opted for one. Gamble checked, Lord bet, Gamble check-raised all in for 155,000 total and Lord called.

On the second draw, both players took one card, which they subsequently pitched again for the final draw.

Nathan Gamble: 8X 6X 3X 2X All in
Kristan Lord: 8X 7X 4X 2X

Lord looked at his card first. "Ace," he said.

Gamble squeezed his card but it was the 2X, pairing him up and eliminating his run in 7th place.

Andres Korn: 2,100,000

After second draw, Kristan Lord drew one and Travis Erdman stood pat. Lord check-called a bet and the draws repeated.

Lord checked again and Erdman bet. Lord toyed with his decision before calling.

"Number four," said Erdman, tabling 7X 6X 5X 4X 2X and took down the pot. It's currently a two-way battle for the lead between Erdman and James Tilton.

Andres Korn raised in the cutoff and David Mead defended the big blind. Mead drew two and Korn drew one. Mead then check-called a bet from Korn.

On the second draw, both players drew one card and checked it. Mead stood pat going into the final draw, Korn drew one, and both players checked again.

Mead fanned out JX 5X 4X 3X 2X and Korn mucked.

Andres Korn: 1,100,000

Nathan Gamble raised and got two calls from Aaron Cummings and Travis Erdman.

Erdman drew two, Gamble drew one and Cummings drew two. It checked to Cummings who bet and got two callers, with Gamble now all in.

The three players all drew one, with Erdman and Cummings checking. The action repeated on the end. Cummings tabled 10X 5X 4X 3X 2X with Erdman mucking.

Gamble was live with 8X 6X 5X 4X and spiked a 9X to triple up and stay alive.

Kristan Lord raised and Hideki Nakamura made it three bets. Lord called and both players drew two.

Lord bet and Nakamura called. Lord drew one and Nakamura drew two. Lord bet and Nakamura called and was all in.

Lord drew one and Nakamura hesitated before standing pat.

Hideki Nakamura: JX 10X 7X 4X 2X All in
Kristan Lord: 7X 5X 3X 2X

Lord pulled an 8X to complete his eight-low and Nakamura was eliminated.

In the first hand after the break, James Tilton raised under the gun, Aaron Cummings three-bet on the button, Nathan Gamble cold-called in the big blind and Tilton called as well. Gamble and Tilton drew one while Cummings stood pat.

Gamble checked, Tilton checked, Cummings bet, Gamble check-raised, Tilton made it three bets and action was back on Cummings. He folded his pat hand with a sigh and Gamble called.

Gamble drew one on the second draw and Tilton stood pat. Gamble check-called a bet from Tilton and drew a final card. Tilton remained pat and no more action ensued.

Tilton showed 8X 6X 5X 3X 2X, Gamble flashed 7X 4X 3X 2X and mucked.

"I broke eight-seven," Gamble added.